Are you planning on going away for a while? If so, you might be wondering what to do with your valuables at home. As you can appreciate, homes that have no activity in them for a long time are targets for thieves. That’s because they know they can steal items and not be disturbed while doing so.
The Best Place To Keep Valuables When Going On A Long Vacation
The last thing you want to do is leave any expensive items in an empty house. Sadly, with burglary rates rising in many parts of the country, you cannot assume that your home won’t be a target. Here are some practical suggestions on what you should do with your valuables:
Store them in a safe
Do your most treasured possessions fit in a relatively small space? If so, have you thought about storing them in a safe? The beauty about household safes is you can hide them anywhere in your home! Some homeowners choose to hide them behind paintings, for example. Others may think a safe under the floor in a bedroom wardrobe might be a better idea.
Safes are very heavy, and so they can’t get removed with ease. Also, it can take a long time for a burglar to work out the combination to the safe.
Keep them stored with a friend or family member
Did you know that some people going away on long trips decide to keep their valuables away from home? There are many options available to you if that’s something you want to do. One of the easiest ones is to ask a friend or family member to keep your valuables safe for you.
The only downside to that approach is your items could end up getting lost or stolen while in someone else’s care. And the other thing to bear in mind is your insurance company may not honour any claims in such cases.
Store them in a secure facility
If you want to keep your valuables off-site, what else could you do instead? Believe it or not, the answer is quite simple: store them in a secure facility!
Some banks, for instance, may offer safe deposit boxes that you can use. But, they are only accessible during opening hours. An alternative is to use self storage units. They are secure, well-lit, and have CCTV access. Plus, you can usually access them 24 hours a day.
Londoners may wish to consider self storage in Southwark. Of course, there are other such facilities available outside of the nation’s capital.
Hide them in plain sight
As strange as it sounds, one final option might be storing valuables in plain sight! Would you rather store your items at home, and not go to the expensive of having a safe? If the answer’s yes, here are some alternative hiding places:
It’s best to avoid ‘obvious’ hiding places like the sock drawer in your wardrobe!
